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14-letter words containing m, i, p

  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • point estimate — the process of determining a single estimated value (point estimate) of a parameter of a given population.
  • point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
  • pointed domain — (theory)   In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polar maritime — a type of cold, wet air mass originating at high latitudes over ocean areas
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • poly-syllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
  • post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
  • postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
  • postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
  • postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
  • postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
  • postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
  • postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
  • potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
  • potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
  • potentiometric — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
  • pour le merite — for merit.
  • powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
  • pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • praying mantis — mantis.
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • pre-experiment — occurring, existing, or implemented prior to beginning an experiment
  • pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
  • pre-investment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • precompetitive — in marketing, designating or occurring during the stage prior to the completion of development of a product, when companies collaborate rather than compete
  • precompression — the act of compressing.
  • predeterminate — determined beforehand; predetermined.
  • predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
  • premillenarian — a believer in premillennialism.
  • premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
  • preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
  • prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
  • prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
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